Last week, Dr. Albert Mohler interviewed former President Jimmy Carter about Carter’s new book The Lessons from Life Bible. This really is an interview, not a debate (though Dr. Mohler’s registers disagreement with him on some points during the conversation). You can read the transcript of the interview here, download the audio here, or listen below. [audio:http://albertmohler.com/media/audio/totl/Podcast/Thinking_In_Public_Jimmy_Carter.mp3] Here’s President Carter’s answer to Dr. Mohler’s question about the inspiration of scripture:
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Don’t Feed the Trolls
I can’t tell you how grateful I am that readers take time to visit and to read this site. My gratification only increases when people take time to comment. It is an honor and a privilege to have readers, and I am thankful for all of you. Since beginning this site in 2005, I have had a pretty laissez faire approach to moderating comments. Except for a filter that I set up to eliminate obscenities, my comments policy has been pretty open. I like for the comments section to be a rough and tumble place where opposing viewpoints can meet head-on and be debated. Anyone who has spent any time…
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Review: Another Attempt to Discredit Inerrancy Falls Flat
The Human Faces of God: What Scripture Reveals When It Gets God Wrong (and Why Inerrancy Tries To Hide It). By Thom Stark. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2011, xx + 248 pp., $29.00 paper. It is no secret that some of the most fervid theological liberals tend to be former evangelicals. Evangelical-turned-agnostic Bart Ehrman has vindicated that truism with books like Misquoting Jesus and Jesus Interrupted, both of which seek to discredit biblical inerrancy by popularizing critical studies of scripture. Thom Stark describes himself as a former fundamentalist, and his book The Human Faces of God belongs to the Ehrman-genre, though with at least one significant difference. Despite the…
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If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon
President Obama offers remarks on the killing of Trayvon Martin: “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”
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Seven Simple Rules for Tweeting with Class
Chuck Fuller has some sage advice for Christians who use Twitter. He writes: Ethically, Christians must think of Twitter no differently than other forms of speech. The biblical instructions concerning one’s words broadcast from the mouth apply also to words broadcast over social media. Try reading James 3:1-12, and replace each instance of the word “tongue” with “Tweet.” Really. Do it. See what I mean?…
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Texas Christians raise money for ailing atheist critic
Kate Shellnut has this story at The Houston Chronicle blog, and I wish there were more stories like it. An atheist activist who dropped threats to protest an Athens, Texas, nativity scene after his health declined is now receiving aid from fellow atheists and the very group of Christians he opposed, according to reports on the Friendly Atheist blog.
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Dan Wallace Enters the Blogosphere
My old mentor in all things Greek has entered the blogosphere. Actually, Dan Wallace has already been here a while as a contributor to the “Parchment and Pen” blog, but now he is venturing out on his own at DanielBWallace.com. Here’s how Dan describes it: I decided, after much consternation, to follow the advice of some of my friends. They wanted me to start my own website, so here it is, warts and all. I will be discussing from time to time issue relevant to biblical studies. A special focus will be New Testament textual criticism, Greek grammar, exegesis, and Christology. You bibliophiles will want to add this one to…
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An Example of Media Bias on the Healthcare Mandate
Mollie Hemingway says that if she were to satirize the problems the media have had reporting on religious liberty, then the story would look exactly like a real story that appeared at The Washington Post yesterday. The story is by Michelle Boorstein, and it reads like it is supposed to be a straight news report. But the discerning reader will notice that the Ms. Boorstein has a bit of a slant on things. There are a number of problems with this piece, but here’s the item that stuck out to me:
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Kirk Cameron Responds to Firestorm about Piers Morgan Interview
Kirk Cameron sat for an interview with Ann Curry this morning. Currry asked him to comment on the firestorm that followed his recent comments about homosexuality during an interview with Piers Morgan. You can watch Cameron’s full response above, but this part stuck out to me:
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How an Affair Begins
Andrée Seu has a brief piece of warning about how an affair begins: A friend of mine told me that now she understands how adultery begins. She went to a woman’s house to drop off a package as a favor to someone, but the woman was not home. The husband was, and they exchanged pleasantries for a few moments. My friend noticed the carpentry project the man was working on and commented on his artistry. She asked him a few questions about it, and it didn’t take much to encourage him to spill forth for an hour and a half about every aspect of the work. It was fun. At…